Daily Archive: Sunday, April 30, 2017

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Phlegmatic right-hander Roston Chase carved out a fluent unbeaten hundred to avert another West Indies catastrophe and frustrate Pakistan, on the opening day of the second Test at Kensington Oval here today.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Brian Charles Yearwood, 16 years, a student of Covent Garden Secondary School and of 69 Public Road, Grove, EBD, which occurred at about 8 last night at Covent Garden Nursery School Compound.

(Trinidad Express) The government has acquired two companies from collapsed insurance giant CLICO—Occidental Investments Ltd and Oceanic Properties Ltd—at no cost.

The counting of ballots for the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) elections continued yesterday amidst claims by the elections officer that attempts were being made to disrupt the process, while the lone challenger to incumbent President Partick Yarde alleged that there have been several discrepancies, including tampering with ballots.

Kwatamang, one of the five satellite villages of Annai, is situated on very hilly terrain.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) registered an after-tax profit of $2.032 billion for 2016, 1.5% above the previous year but it also saw loan impairment expenses of $899 million.

The criminal investigation into the purchase of lands at ‘Pradoville 2’ by former president Bharrat Jagedo, members of his cabinet and close affiliates, is nearing completion, according to head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Assistant Com-missioner of Police Sydney James, who is urging the public to exercise patience.

Introduction There is a formidable body of literature devoted to economic theorizing on the efficacy of local content requirements (LCRs) policies generally, and in developing countries specifically.

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Education System has recommended an investigation be conducted into the National School Feeding Programme with a view to having it provide more value for money.

Key In reading about the economic transformation of the Southeast Asian region, one often wonders what lessons Guyana can learn from those countries. 

The Ministry of Natural resources has for one month remained silent in the face of a request from the Transparency Institute Guyana Incorporated (TIGI) for clarification on whether ExxonMobil has submitted an economic feasibility study for its proposed Stabroek Block development.

“You have been watching West Indies cricket for 70 years – give me three outstanding memories,” a friend asks me.

One of the reasons behind public executions in the past and at present was and is to demonstrate the power of the State so that citizens would be duly intimidated.

Despite having failed key targets in 2016 – including the number and length of blackouts – the Guyana Power and  Light (GPL) has escaped what could have been a hefty financial penalty with the regulatory body stating that overall the utility had put in a creditable performance.

Her heart set on black pudding with ‘loud sour,’ Guyanese Heather Chin, journeyed 50 miles from her Texas, US home only to be told that there was not enough pudding to sell.

Among a number of vexing matters grinding us in the Caribbean, one of the most vexing is the state of our cricket and, in parallel, the raging controversies about our West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). 

Around the world, public health care systems are in crisis. From India to Australia, nations in the developing and developed world are struggling to meet the expectations of their local populations.

US$21.8 million is to be pumped into a project which will assist Guyana to sustainably manage its lands, Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) Trevor Benn said adding that it is a great step towards making his agency 21st century ready in the field. 

Berbice U17 cricket team yesterday was crowned the 2017 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Igloo Ice Cream Inter-County champions after their final round match against the Defending champions, Demerara had to be abandoned due to persistent rain at the Georgetown Cricket club (GCC), Bourda.

President of the Caribbean Regional Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) Guyanese Teddy Matthews says constitutional reform and the launch of a Top 16 tournament next year are among his plans for the sport.

Major dramatic productions by schools in Guyana are sporadic, apart from one school that has staged an annual public play for at least the past three years.

The Guyana Sugar Cor-poration (GuySuCo) has set a production target of 74,172 tonnes of sugar for its first crop but sources believe that it may not be achieved since there is not enough cane in the ground and the May/June rainy season is expected to impact output.

President of the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union  (GAWU) Komal Chand said he is not impressed by the meeting between President David Granger and UK company Czarnikow, because Guyana would be producing less sugar.

“It is a daily struggle, some days are good but others like you don’t get no sale.

Lines of Action needed in Guyana for a successful Sports Tourism industry were discussed yesterday in the Savannah Suite of the Pegasus Hotel during the first Sports Tourism Seminar/Workshop.

A second half offensive blitz propelled Bounty Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) to a 8-2 win over Old Fort when the Farfan and Mendes men’s first division hockey league continued Friday.

The Spotted Puffbird is often found near forest edges and it primarily feeds on insects, but may take fruit. 

President David Granger yesterday told PNCR members that his government has no intention of shutting down the sugar industry and stressed that diversification is key to keeping it alive.

Twelve years after her husband was brutally murdered, Cheryl Bess got a glimmer of hope that justice was near after she was informed that one of the alleged shooters was in police custody.

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Wales FC and Beacons FC eliminated Santos FC and Rasta Patriots respectively when the Easter Classic Masters knockout football tournament commenced Friday at the Tucville Community Centre ground.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders endorsed stiff divorce terms for Britain yesterday and warned Britons to have “no illusions” about swiftly securing a new relationship to keep their access to EU markets.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Several hundred Russians lined up in central Moscow yesterday under the gaze of riot police to hand over handwritten appeals for President Vladimir Putin to quit, as similar protests took place in other cities.

Ever since James Bond became the standard bearer for local chess, the concept for the administration of the game is shifting.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Embattled West Indies will place several decades of history on the line when they go in search of a series-levelling victory in the second Test of the three-match series against Pakistan here today.

Dear Editor, The recent arrests and detention of a former Executive President of Guyana; Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary; Attorney General; other Ministers; and Senior Member of the PPP/C; for the purported purpose of exacting justice for the Guyanese people; seems to me to be loathsome and persecuting acts.

Acting Chancellor Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards on Friday received 23 legal books for the Family Court, donated by UNICEF in support of the advancement of the Family Court.

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis said yesterday that a third country, such as Norway, should try to mediate the dispute between North Korea and Washington, to cool a situation that had become “too hot” and posed the risk of nuclear devastation.

Dear Editor, I learnt of the death of Lall Munilall as a result of a phone call in the evening earlier this week from Avinash Bhagwandin, a text message from Bish Panday, and from a letter by Mr Christopher Persaud which was published in the April 27th issue of the Stabroek News.

Arnos Vale, St. Vincent – Trinidad and Tobago Divas’ Captain, Merissa Aguilleira, is confident that her team can overcome the impressive Barbados Women in the Regional Women’s Super50 Competition, due to come to a thrilling end at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex today.

Consider this – the next time you feel like making and eating Coco-nut Choka, make this coconut chutney.

More than 6,000 teachers and thousands of students will benefit from the development of a new mathematics curriculum framework, following the approval of US$13.3 million by the World Bank which will also see a new medical facility being built at the University of Guyana.

LOS TEQUES, Venezuela (Reuters) – Hundreds of activists marched on Friday to the hilltop jail of Venezuela’s best-known detained opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez in the latest of a month of protests against the socialist government.

Police are investigating a robbery carried out on an Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara supermarket on Friday evening.

Dear Editor, I refer to some villages on the West Coast of Berbice (WCB) where it can be truly said that  time stands still.

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey yesterday expelled more than 3,900 people from the civil service and military as threats to national security, in the second major purge since President Tayyip Erdogan was granted sweeping new powers.

In what became a street fight on a dry surface, Gujarat Lions produced some gun run-outs to force a tie, but in the tiebreaker, the top gun, Jasprit Bumrah bowled a sensational Super Over to defend 11 runs and give Mumbai Indians the joint lead at the top of the table, with Kolkata Knight Riders.

By John Lloyd John Lloyd co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, where he is senior research fellow.

Venezuela is at a dangerous political juncture. One possibility is that President Nicolás Maduro could finally retreat from what is an untenable position, and allow the return of genuine democracy.

(Reuters Health) – Even as doctors are increasingly relying on home blood pressure monitoring to manage patients with hypertension, many of the devices are too inaccurate to be useful, according to a small study.

Balsam commonly called Lady Slipper originated from Southern Asia. Lady Slipper is an annual plant and is an old-fashioned favourite grown from seeds between April and September; it is a member of the Impatiens family.

Dear Editor, There is an old saying: “two wrongs don’t make a right,” but in our political domain the opposite to that narrative plays out consistently with the two major political groupings (APNU and PPP): “If they did it in power, then it must be ok for us too”.

St Joseph High School fifth former Precious Barrow emerged the winner of the Ministry of Public Health’s visual arts competition held in commemoration of Vaccination Week.

HAVANA (Reuters) – A military airplane crashed into a mountain in Cuba’s north-western region of Artemisa yesterday morning, killing all eight personnel on board, the Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces said.

(The Sports Xchange) – Avery Bradley scored 23 points and all five Boston starters reached double figures as the Celtics blew out the Chicago Bulls 105-83 in Game 6 to close out their Eastern Conference playoff series Friday night.